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NCCP HR Report Final Feb26 “Let the Stones Cry Out” “Let“Let thethe StonesStones CryCry Out”Out” An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action Released by National Council of Churches in the Philippines Quezon City, Philippines March 2007 An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action 1 “Let the Stones Cry Out” For more information about this Report, contact: National Council of Churches in the Philippines 879 Epifanio de los Santos Avenue West Triangle, Quezon City 1104 PHILIPPINES Also visit www.nccphilippines.org for more information about the Council and its ministries. 2 An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action “Let the Stones Cry Out” TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 PREFACE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Part I. Introduction: A Cry for Justice: The State of Human Rights in the Philippines Today ------------------------------------------------------------ 17 ! Churches and the Philippine government’s pledge to the UNHRC -------------- 17 ! The human rights situation in the Philippines ------------------------------------------ 18 ! Response of Philippine churches and faith communities ---------------------------- 20 ! The appeal for UN intervention ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 Part II. The Worst Since the Marcos Dictatorship -------------------------------------------- 22 ! Alarming proportions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23 ! The chilling pattern --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 ! Selected cases --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Taking God’s gift of life from church people ------------------------------------------ 25 Former Supreme Bishop Alberto B. Ramento, Philippine Independent Church ---------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Noel Noli Capulong, a former NCCP Staff ------------------------------------ 26 Jose “Pepe” Manegdeg III, lay missionary ---------------------------------- 26 Pastor Isaias Sta. Rosa, United Methodist Church ------------------------ 27 Pastor Andy Pawican, United Church of Christ in the Philippines ------ 29 Forced servitude, torture, illegal arrest and detention of a UCCP member ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 United Methodist couple: Compelled to end their lives due to death threats and torture --------------------------------------------------------- 31 An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action 3 “Let the Stones Cry Out” Attacks on human rights defenders and lawyers ------------------------------------- 32 Eden Marcellana, former Secretary General of the human rights group Karapatan-Southern Tagalog ----------------------------------- 32 Town Vice Mayor Juvy Magsino and human rights leader Leima Fortu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Fedelino Dacut, human rights Lawyer ----------------------------------------- 33 Romeo T. Capulong, Former ICTFY Ad Litem Judge: Death threats and under surveillance -------------------------------------------------- 33 Trade union repression --------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Diosdado Fortuna, Union leader ------------------------------------------------ 34 Massacre of 7 workers and supporters --------------------------------------- 34 Violations against women: Killing, disappearance, torture ---------------------- 35 Lizelda Estorba-Cuñado, women’s rights advocate ------------------------ 35 Sherlyn T. Cadapan and Karen E. Empeño, two missing students ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Angelina Bisuna-Ipong, torture, sexual abuse, arbitrary arrest and illegal detention ------------------------------------------------------- 37 Violations against indigenous peoples (National Minorities) -------------------- 38 Alyce Omengan-Claver of the Kalinga indigenous people --------------- 39 ! Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Part III. Oplan Bantay Laya: A Tool for Political Persecution ----------------------------- 42 ! Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL): Waging war against the “enemies of the state” ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 ! “The war horse is a vain hope for victory” (Psalm 33.17) ------------------------- 44 ! “They do not speak peace but. conceive words of deceit” (Psalm 35:20) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 ! “Selling the needy for a pair of shoes” (Amos 8.6) ---------------------------------- 46 4 An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action “Let the Stones Cry Out” Part IV. Poverty, the Political Crisis, and Armed Conflicts: The Social, Economic and Political Context of the Human Rights Situation ------------------ 48 ! Brief geographical and historical overview -------------------------------------------- 48 ! Political crisis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 ! The economy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 ! The armed conflicts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Part V. The Culture of Impunity and the Collapse of the Country’s Legal and Judicial System ------------------------------------------------------------------ 53 ! The Marcos legacy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 ! Failure of the criminal justice system ---------------------------------------------------- 54 ! Perpetuation of injustice --------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 ! Military obstructionism ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 ! A political gesture, not effective legal redress ----------------------------------------- 56 ! Collapse of the rule of law ------------------------------------------------------------------ 56 Part VI. Conclusion: “Render Judgments of Truth that Make for Peace” (Zechariah 8:16-17) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 ! War crimes and crimes against humanity ----------------------------------------------- 59 ! No significant measures taken ------------------------------------------------------------ 60 ! Accountability ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61 CALL TO ACTION: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 I. To the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ---------------------- 64 II. To Church and Religious Bodies in the International Community ----------- 66 III. To the Philippine Community ---------------------------------------------------------- 67 EPILOGUE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 ENDNOTES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 REFERENCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action 5 “Let the Stones Cry Out” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Inspired by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and owned by the ecumenical community, this report, “Let the Stones Cry Out”: An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action”, is a concerted voice on the human rights crisis in the Philippines today. The report distills the collective cry for justice of thousands of Filipinos – including more than 800 victims of extra-judicial executions from the year 2001 to the present – who have suffered the brunt of violations of human rights under the Philippine government’s counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism strategies. The Philippine government has launched relentless military campaigns against the “enemies of the state” and in the name of the “rule of law” and “political stability.” But the results of this strategy have been mounting reports of dead bodies sprawled on highways and bushes, of female students abducted by armed men in the dead of night, never to be seen again, of the cries of anguish of mothers as their sons – felled by assassins’ bullets - die in their arms, of a well-loved Bishop bathed in his own blood after being stabbed several times, and of children terrorized and traumatized by soldiers who have taken over their villages. This report articulates the protests and indignations of human rights organizations, Church and faith institutions, civil libertarians, justice and peace advocates, parliamentarians, numerous fact-finding missions, multilateral organizations as well as a number of foreign governments and their agencies all over the world on the spate of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, threats and harassment, and other violations of human rights. Their collective call – “Stop the killings!” – is addressed to the government of President Gloria M. Arroyo given its inaction over the deteriorating human rights situation and despite persistent
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